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Second Medical Opinions Blog: July 2015
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Saturday, July 25, 2015. 3 Reasons to be Careful with Genetic Testing. Nowadays, it is possible to obtain access to one’s genome data easily and relatively cheap. There are several companies offering this information and together with interesting information regarding ancestry they provide medically relevant data. Finally, what would happen if an insurance company obtains someone’s personal information? Would they use to raise premiums if they know that you are at risk for a certain condition? Simple tem...
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: The Importance of Knowing your Disease Process and its Treatment Options
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The Importance of Knowing your Disease Process and its Treatment Options. For a patient, knowing the disease process and its treatment options are crucial elements for good healthcare outcomes and a good physician-patient relationship. When the point in which either or these elements are not achieved, a second medical opinion can be what is needed to achieve the elements and ensure good healer outcomes and solidify the relationship between the patient and his or her doctor.
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: The Three Most Common Causes of Kidney Failure
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The Three Most Common Causes of Kidney Failure. The kidneys are very important organs in the human body. They perform many functions other than just make urine ( see my blog post published on October 23, 2014. The kidneys can lose 80-90% of their total function and there could not be any symptom, however, if more than that is lost, dialysis or kidney transplantation are needed in order to survive. So, what causes kidney failure? Medication reactions or toxicity from herbal “r...
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The Three Most Common Causes of Kidney Failure. The kidneys are very important organs in the human body. They perform many functions other than just make urine ( see my blog post published on October 23, 2014. The kidneys can lose 80-90% of their total function and there could not be any symptom, however, if more than that is lost, dialysis or kidney transplantation are needed in order to survive. So, what causes kidney failure? Medication reactions or toxicity from herbal “r...
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: April 2015
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Monday, April 27, 2015. How to Correctly Rehydrate a Person. How to Correctly Rehydrate a Person. Dehydration can occur due to many reasons. The most common reasons to become dehydrated are vomiting, diarrhea and lack of oral intake. Doctors prefer to use the term “intravascular volume depletion”, however, it sounds too long and complicated. For the sake of simplicity I will consider “dehydration” and “intravascular volume depletion” equivalent terms. Marco A. Ramos MD. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: Three Reasons for Electing Private Pay Over Insurance for Outpatient Health Care
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Sunday, March 22, 2015. Three Reasons for Electing Private Pay Over Insurance for Outpatient Health Care. 1 To keep the decision-making between the doctor and the patient. The moment a doctor is allowed by an insurance company to see patients who pay premiums to it, that doctor is accepting that there is a third entity that will monitor, question and in many changes change the decisions made by the doctor and the patient in the office encounter. 2 To assure privacy. Marco A. Ramos MD.
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: 3 Reasons to be Careful with Genetic Testing
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Saturday, July 25, 2015. 3 Reasons to be Careful with Genetic Testing. Nowadays, it is possible to obtain access to one’s genome data easily and relatively cheap. There are several companies offering this information and together with interesting information regarding ancestry they provide medically relevant data. Finally, what would happen if an insurance company obtains someone’s personal information? Would they use to raise premiums if they know that you are at risk for a certain condition? Simple tem...
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: October 2014
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Thursday, October 23, 2014. The Many Functions of the Kidney. The kidney has many vital functions. They can be altered by disease, trauma, medications or intoxications. Although the kidney is widely recognized as the organ which “makes urine” and in the process “cleaning the body from unnecessary substances”, it has many other functions. The bone metabolism needs the kidney to produce activated vitamin D. This hormone is essential for the absorption of calcium from the intestine and to suppress anoth...
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Second Medical Opinions Blog: January 2015
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Friday, January 23, 2015. Can a Doctor be Offended if We Request a Second Medical Opinion? What to do in the event that doubt arises? What happens if we need reassurance about a new treatment or a new diagnosis? What if the treatment or diagnosis is complicated? Marco A. Ramos MD. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Join the Second Medical Opinions PLC Mailing List for Newsletters, emails, offers and much more! For Email Marketing you can trust. Can a Doctor be Offended if We Request a Second Me.
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